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Dish Network is petitioning the FCC for waiver of certain technical rules governing a terrestrial deployment on its 20 MHz of AWS-4 spectrum as well as a one-year extension for that deployment. In return for the FCC granting the waiver and time extension, Dish has promised to bid in the upcoming H Block auction for the paired 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands.
Wide Open West (WOW) recently signed a bilateral interconnect agreement with Global Capacity that expanded the reach of its network footprint. WOW’s interconnect deal with Global Capacity's One Marketplace Chicago point of presence (PoP) connected its on-net assets to a wider national and global market
Fixed LTE and DOCSIS 3.0 shipments boosted the broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) market in the second quarter of this year. According to a recent report by Infonetics Research, worldwide broadband CPE revenue reached $2.7 billion in second quarter, up 8 percent from the previous quarter and up 29 percent from a year ago
Dish Network is petitioning the FCC for waiver of certain technical rules governing a terrestrial deployment on its 20 MHz of AWS-4 spectrum as well as a one-year extension for that deployment. Dish said the waiver and extra time will give it the opportunity to determine if it will use its spectrum (2000-2020 MHz) for downlink or for uplink.
Google has quietly retooled the closely guarded formula running its Internet search engine to give better answers to the increasingly complex questions posed by Web surfers. The overhaul came as part of an update called "Hummingbird" that Google Inc. has gradually rolled out in the past month without disclosing the modifications.
Verizon scored the highest marks for customer satisfaction in the East, West and South Regions in the latest J.D. Power customer satisfaction data study while Wide Open West (WOW) took top honors in the North Central Region. The J.D. Power 2013 U.S. Residential Internet Service Provider Satisfaction study also found that customers who upgraded their data tiers to faster premium tiers were satisfied with the results.
Mediacom Communications has deployed Qwilt’s online video delivery platform, which also included improved quality of experience (QoE) for its subscribers. Founded in 2010 by industry veterans from Cisco and Juniper, Qwilt is backed by Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Marker and Redpoint Ventures.
On Sunday AT&T will wrap up the deployment of its 45 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up data service with launches in five more states. AT&T’s U-verse High Speed Internet Power is slated to roll out to residential and business customers in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.
BlackBerry today announced that it has agreed to sell itself for $4.7 billion to a consortium ed by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, which plans on taking the Canadian OEM private. BlackBerry shareholders would receive $9 in cash for each share of BlackBerry that they hold.
Regional carrier C Spire, formerly known as Cellular South, Tuesday unveiled an ambitious plan to move forward with the deployment of 1 Gbps ultra high-speed fiber to the home. Hu Meena, president and CEO of C Spire Wireless, said in a statement that to unlock "the potential of broadband for the communities we serve requires taking optical fiber all the way to their door.”
Cisco announced a new family of what it’s calling network fabric products based on the new network processor chip that the company announced two weeks ago. The systems in the family are designed to handle a network that can support trillions of M2M transactions. BSkyB (Sky), KDDI and Telstra are deploying the NCS.
Adobe announced a set of new analytics features for its PrimeTime product that will make it easier to both monitor the quality of TV everywhere streams and evaluate viewer behavior. The new capabilities come with a new per-stream pricing model. Adobe also announced thatTBS is the latest customer of Primetime.
The next six stops on AT&T’s home automation rollout tour will be Charlotte, Hartford, Jacksonville, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Including the new markets launching on Friday, Digital Life will be available in 45 markets. AT&T said it intends to have the service in up to 50 markets by the end of this year.
AT&T has recieved final FCC approvel of its acquisition of Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.’s U.S. retail wireless assets operated under the Alltel brand. As part of the deal, AT&T acquired wireless properties in six states, including spectrum licenses, network assets, retail stores and approximately 590,000 subscribers.
Liberty Global executive Peter Dorr raised the possibility of creating a pan-European Wi-Fi network that would be free to cable subscribers. Dorr also spoke about the ease with which Liberty Global was able to update its Horizon multi-screen service, which is based on ActiveVideo’s cloud-based technology.
Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless today announced that the company will acquire Advanced Wireless Group, the second largest airport Wi-Fi provider in the United States. Boingo said the expanded reach allowed by the acquistion will accelerate the process of bringing new products to market.
The city of Pasadena picked MRV Communications’ optical transport offering for its new communications network. Pasadena is using MRV’s FiberDriver to provide high-capacity optical services for its municipal network. The city’s new network will be used to link its facilities using future-proof, high bandwidth services over a fully-owned fiber infrastructure.
That service providers will have to deliver TV everywhere is a foregone conclusion, but a couple of recent announcements – one from Sling and another from TiVo – provided an interesting juxtaposition of alternatives of how to accomplish the feat.
STMicroelectronics and Rovi are working together to commercialize HEVC compression in set-top boxes, with the former integrating the latter’s DivX HEVC technology into its set-top box system-on-chip (SoC) families. HEVC roughly doubles the compression rate of the previous generation of compression technologies, MPEG-4 / H.264.
Ten years after the transition from MPEG-2 to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, history is about to repeat itself with the arrival of HEVC, also known as H.265, the successor of H.264/MPEG AVC. The standard was approved in January, and just a few months later a live end-toend HEVC content delivery chain was demonstrated for the French Tennis Open event in early June 2013, providing tangible proof that HEVC is on a path toward commercial deployment.
For service providers, the challenges of multi-screen are no less daunting for being well known. It is a marvelously complex process to deliver video to an ever-expanding universe of devices running multiple major operating systems all with different screen sizes and supporting unique combinations of streaming formats and digital rights management (DRM) schemes.
AfterBuzz TV has contracted with Akamai Technologies to distribute its schedule of aftershows, a series of webcasts and podcasts of commentary that immediately follow the broadcast of television shows and televised events. Akamai is delivering the aftershows to iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, as well as to personal computers.
In Chicago, the great fire of 1871 wiped out much of the business district, and the capitalists came running. The fire’s fury had produced an attractive, greenfield opportunity for building infrastructure in what was the world’s fastest growing city. Nearly two dozen electricity entrepreneurs competed to carve out operations in small delivery sectors.
“Reverse retrans” might merit some consideration. The Time Warner Cable / CBS dispute merely underlines what everyone knows: the retransmission consent process is utterly out of control. Some policy wonks are suggesting the solution is to eliminate retrans rules altogether.
ZON Multimedia is set to launch a networked DVR capability for its multi-screen delivery service. Viewers will be able to record content from a range of devices to be viewed up to 7 days later. The capability, essentially a catch-up service, is being enabled by Concurrent’s MediaHawk VX unified content delivery solution.


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China will closely monitor the US "entity list" and take steps to protect its rights and interests, Huang Libin, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a briefing, the official told reporters that China will continue broadening the scope of foreign investment in sectors such as telecommunications, Internet, and the car industry.
"We will look at the trade friction between China and the United States with an open mind and a big heart", the spokesman said. "We will not blindly emphasise 'self-reliance', and not decouple from the development of international industries".
In May, the US put the telecom company Huawei and its affiliates on a blacklist, restricting the company's access to the purchase of US hardware. The ban is expected to come into effect next month.
The White House has repeatedly accused Huawei of espionage activities on behalf of the Chinese government, charges that both the company and Beijing vehemently deny.
The accusations come as part of a broader US-Chinese trade row that broke out after Washington imposed increased tariffs on Chinese imports, which later resulted in a series of tit-for-tat measures.

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Hey HTC Desire… 日本へようこそ!
That’s “Welcome to Japan” for those that can’t read Japanese or didn’t Google Transloogle the phrase. Thanks to Softbank Mobile, Japanese Android lovers will get to experience one of the hottest HTC handsets available sometime in late April.
- Verizon HTC One M8 gets Lollipop
- Hands-on Huawei Watch
- Google Contacts gets redesigned
- NVIDIA Shield Android TV
- Check out the HTC Desire forums, see the specs, or find news and reviews.
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Arkansas is ripe for 'tea party' activism to grow and target incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln – and perhaps even GOP Senate candidate John Boozman – in the November election.
06/09/2010 09:27 pm
San Francisco, Los Angeles prosecutors face off in race to replace California Attorney General Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown decided to seek the governor's office rather than run for re-election.
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The World Cup comes but once every four years. For those in Brazil, this means collecting little stickers of the players (such as Englishman Rio Ferdinand), teams, and logos of the 24 nations participating in South Africa.
06/09/2010 01:43 pm
Voters in the California primary election and elsewhere cast increasingly cluttered ballots Tuesday, and many first turned to social media for a personal touch to help shape their opinions.
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Microsoft Bing turns one today. What does Microsoft have in store for Bing fans?
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Sprint said its EVO 4G had made a strong first-day showing, besting all company sales records. But does the Sprint EVO 4G have enough lasting power to best its competitors in the smartphone market?
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Nabisco's free cookie offer, available only on facebook.com/nabiscocookies, may represent new ways of linking coupons with social media.
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Can't get enough of Farmville? Now you'll see it on Yahoo too as Facebook and Yahoo team-up.
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Facebook may know more about you than your government does.
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The national chain, which is offering a free doughnut to customers on National Donut Day, is making a steady comeback after falling on hard times.
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More retailers are opening up outlet stores to meet shoppers’ demands for deals.
This month, Tanger Outlets said its 36 centers had a 97.2% occupancy at the end of June, compared to 96.5% in March and 94.9% in June 2022. The previous day, Simon Property Group — the largest owner of shopping malls in the United States — said its malls and premium outlets had a 94.7% occupancy rate at the end of June, compared to 93.9% a year prior.
Top-tier outlet malls, like other physical retail channels, took a hit in the early days of the pandemic as governments mandated store closures. Despite economic headwinds like shifts in discretionary spending, outlet malls are coming back. Open-air lifestyle centers are outperforming their counterparts on a year-over-year basis, according to Placer.ai’s July 2023 Mall Index. During a recent earnings call, Simon Property Group’s CEO David Simon stated that “demand in the outlet business has picked up more.” Both Simon and Tanger increased their full-year guidance for 2023, and Tanger is opening a new center in Nashville in October.
There could be a few reasons why retailers might be more interested in outlet centers, sources told Modern Retail. One could be macroeconomic factors, because “outlet malls benefit from an orientation to value that should be well-aligned with periods of economic uncertainty,” Ethan Chernofsky, svp of marketing at Placer.ai, said. Another could be that retailers are more interested in physical retail, with 2022 seeing more store openings than closures for the first time since 2016, according to Coresight Research.
For many retailers, “they’re finding outlet is an important part of that omnichannel ecosystem,” Tanger CEO Stephen Yalof told Modern Retail.
Outlets can also be useful for freeing up space in warehouses, Yalof added. “An outlet store allows a brand to clear their excess inventory without diluting their brand equity, and that’s critically important to the brand itself,” he said. Many retailers, including Gap and Nike, have worked to lower their inventories following supply chain challenges.
In 2020, outdoor outlets had an intrinsic advantage over indoor stores because of air flow, and after the initial shock of Covid-19, many outlets popped back up. Compared to indoor malls, outdoor malls had less of a gap in foot traffic for the first six months of 2021 over the first six months of 2019, according to Placer.ai.
Tanger started reopening outlets in Southern states like Tennessee and South Carolina around May 2020, Yalof said. It took around 60 to 90 days to open outlets in other locations due to varying levels of Covid precautions. Because people began working from home and wanted to get out of the house, Tanger started seeing customers “far more frequently” during the week than it did prior to Covid, Yalof said. It also saw that customers were shopping “so much differently” than they did prior to March, he added.
“It’s changed how we’ve merchandised our shopping centers,” he said. “They were looking for places to gather, so we’ve leaned into making sure that our gathering spaces are a lot more inviting… We’ve leaned far more heavily into food more than we ever did before… They’re looking for daily conveniences as well. So we’ve leaned a little bit more into service, we’ve leaned into grocery, leaned into more entertainment and lifestyle, cosmetics.”
Yalof said that Tanger is also seeing newer direct-to-consumer brands step up to fill vacancies left behind by legacy retailers like Bass or Dress Barn. These DTC brands can use outlets to tap into a new segment of customer, one who does not want to pay full price. “There’s this customer acquisition opportunity that occurs in an outlet center, and that’s rare,” Yalof said.
Retailers of all sizes are opting for more outlet locations. Best Buy is planning to open 10 outlet stores by next spring in hopes of attracting “value-focused” shoppers, its CEO Corie Sue Barry said in March. Belk opened 10 more outlet stores in May, bringing its total to 16 locations. Crate + Barrel opened its first outlet in Arizona in June, and a Raymour and Flanigan outlet is in the works in Long Island.
For all their successes, outlet malls still have some hurdles to overcome. For one, people may be less inclined to travel to outlets due to higher gas prices, “a challenge considering the distance many outlet malls have from core audiences,” Chernofsky said. Outlets also face pressure from other channels that offer sweeping promotions and deals, such as e-commerce sites.
“Nonetheless, recent months have seen a significant shift for the [outlet] segment, with visits showing real and lasting strength,” Chernofsky continued. “Should the trend continue, outlet malls could be positioned for a strong back-to-school season and a potentially strong end to 2023.”


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Tesco are one are the world’s largest supermarkets and as many of you will know if you shop there on a regular basis, they have an iPhone app that allows you to shop on the move. Now, they have added a new feature to the application that will actually allow you to scan barcodes using the built in camera on the iPhone in order to add them to your online shopping basket.
Tesco says this is an exciting new feature that they think will be extremely useful to a lot of their customers. The technology used in the app will allow people that are busy to easily be able to add thing to their shopping basket whenever they are running out of them. Tesco also believe that this new feature will allow people to easily buy new things from the supermarket without any effort. For example, if you were to taste something that you liked at a friend’s house, you would simply be able to photograph the barcode and it would be added to your online shopping basket.
Tesco say this they are very excited for this new addition and that it is a great addition to the iPhone app that it is currently out there. Tesco say they are striving to meet the demands of their customers and make shopping with them as easy as possible.


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Endemol USA is getting into the vidgame biz.
Production company has started a division focused on casual games for the Web. Its first titles will be based on TV gameshows “Deal or No Deal” and “1 vs. 100.”
Eric LaVanchy, former head of gaming site Ritz Club London Online and VP of creative development at advergaming firm Bottle Rocket, has been named Endemol’s director of gaming. He reports to senior VP digital media and branded entertainment Jon Vlassopulos.
There have already been numerous licensed games based on Endemol properties, but the company held onto Web-based gaming rights for “Deal” and “100” to assign to its new unit. LaVanchy’s team will create downloadable games based on the shows and look to sign digital distribution deals with Web portals and game services like Xbox Live.
“Our view is that TV and videogames are coming closer and closer together, and the casual games group will be right in that sweet spot,” Vlassopulos said.
Going forward, Endemol plans to continue licensing some of its titles to other publishers, but to hold onto Web gaming rights for properties it can produce inhouse. It will also look for ideas it can develop first as vidgames and then potentially translate into TV shows.
Though the casual games unit is part of Endemol USA, titles likely will be distributed overseas as well.


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- March arabica coffee fell 0.8 cents, or 0.6%, to $1.2430 per lb.
- March New York cocoa was up $13, or 0.5%, at $2,527 a tonne.
- March raw sugar was up 0.15 cents, or 0.9%, at 16.27 cents per lb.
LONDON: Raw sugar futures climbed to a 3-1/2 year high on Wednesday, boosted by short-term supply tightness, a weaker dollar and broad-based strength in agricultural commodity markets.
March raw sugar was up 0.15 cents, or 0.9%, at 16.27 cents per lb by 1228 GMT after climbing to a peak of 16.32 cents, its highest since May 2017.
Dealers said supplies appeared tight, at least until April, when Brazilian production may start to pick up again.
The run-up in prices should, however, lead to a pick-up in exports from India where production has been well above year-earlier levels.
Funds appear to have a strong appetite for agricultural commodities at the moment, with corn prices at their highest since 2014. Corn and sugarcane are both used to produce biofuel ethanol.
March white sugar was up $4.00, or 0.9%, at $441.30 a tonne.
March New York cocoa was up $13, or 0.5%, at $2,527 a tonne.
Dealers said the market was finding some support after recent weakness, but was failing to keep pace with many other agricultural markets amid concern that lockdowns across Europe could further curb demand.
The market was awaiting fourth-quarter cocoa grinds, an indicator of demand, with North American data due to be released on Jan. 14 and European data provisionally on Jan. 20.
March London cocoa rose 7 pounds, or 0.4%, to 1,699 pounds a tonne.
March arabica coffee fell 0.8 cents, or 0.6%, to $1.2430 per lb.
Dealers said the market was weighed partly by rising certified exchange stocks.
March robusta coffee was down $3, or 0.2%, at $1,362 a tonne.


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By Bryan Smith on October 23, 2014 at 3:03pm
According to the official PlayStation Twitter , Sony announced that the next PlayStation 4 software update, titled Masamune, will be launching next week on Oct. 28. In this update, Share Play, USB music player, and more will be included. Judging by the picture shared on the tweet, themes may be included, as well.
Also launching on Oct. 28, "The Unfinished Swan" will be launching on the PlayStation 4 and Playstation Vita with cross-buy.


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As the Turing Phone nears its launch the device's makers reveal their plans to push forward smartphone capabilities and battery life.
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How Much Dark Chocolate Should You Really Be Eating?
Recently, Mehmet Oz and Mike Roizen, authors of YOU: On a Diet, answered some important questions on the specifics of dark chocolate consumption. According to the article in the Sun Setinel, you don’t need a whole bar to get a healthy dose of antioxidants. The flavonoids in dark chocolate are so powerful that a daily piece the size of a Hershey’s Kiss can lower your blood pressure.
While this is an ideal size comparison, it’s not a good quality comparison because the chocolate cannot be milk chocolate. The chocolate should be fair trade, organic, and at least 70 percent cocoa. Avoid any filling like peanut butter, which could be laced with hydrogenated oils.
Dark Chocolate and Heart Disease
According to a study published in the European Heart Journal and reported on CBS News, German researchers found people who had an average of six grams of chocolate per day (one square of a chocolate bar) had a 39 percent lower risk of either a heart attack or stroke.
Dark Chocolate and Stroke Protection
I wrote about another study published in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. This new study found that dark chocolate can provide protection after a stroke has already occurred. A specific chemical found in dark chocolate called epicatechin appears to do the trick. We already know that it can prevent strokes from happening and now we know that it can provide protection against stroke damage.
By Sara Novak, Planet Green
Planet Green is the multi-platform media destination devoted to the environment and dedicated to helping people understand how humans impact the planet and how to live a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle. Its two robust websites, planetgreen.com and TreeHugger.com, offer original, inspiring, and entertaining content related to how we can evolve to live a better, brighter future. Planet Green is a division of Discovery Communications.


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Apple iPhone sales in China fell by a fifth in fourth quarter: IDC
(Reuters) - Apple Inc iPhone sales in China fell 20 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018, while sales for smartphones made by home-grown rival Huawei soared by 23 percent, data from industry research firm IDC showed on Monday.
The report is the first to put a firm number on the scale of a recent decline in Apple's fortunes in the world's second largest economy, after Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook pointed to China as a big factor in a rare cut in the company's quarterly sales forecast last month.
Apple no longer breaks out detailed numbers on iPhone shipments in its quarterly results, meaning that surveys and channel checks by the likes of IDC are often the clearest indicator of shifts in sales.
The figures in the report showed a 19.9 percent fall in Apple's smartphone shipments in the final quarter of 2018, while Huawei's grew 23.3 percent. That reduced Apple's market share to 11.5 percent from 12.9 percent a year earlier, the report said.
"Besides regular performance upgrades in 2018 and small changes to the exterior, there has not been any major innovation that supports users to continue to change their phones at the greatly increased price," the report said.
"The severe macro environment in China and the assault of domestic brands' innovative products have also been reasons for Apple's continued decline."
A separate report from another common industry source, Hong Kong-based Counterpoint, earlier this month confirmed a similar sharp fall in sales in India - another big emerging market where Apple is struggling.
Counterpoint said iPhone sales in the fourth quarter, which includes India's electronics sales-heavy Diwali festival, fell 25 percent on the year, reducing total sales in 2018 to 1.7 million units from 3.2 million a year earlier.
(Reporting by Brenda Goh in Shanghai, Sonam Rai in Bengaluru and Sankalp Phartiyal in Mumbai; Writing by Patrick Graham; Editing by Bernard Orr)
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-- Germany has lowest CPC in EMEA, while in the UK mobile phone devices now account for 31% of paid search spend and clicks
LONDON, April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital marketers in Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA) generated the highest click-through rate (CTR) on record for the region in the first quarter of 2014, up 29% year-on-year (YoY) to 2 percent. Paid search revenue rose 6% YoY with spend up 2%.
The findings come from a new quarterly paid search study released today in the Q1 2014 EMEA Search Advertising Trends infographic from Kenshoo (www.Kenshoo.com), the global leader in predictive media optimisation technology.
"The rise in CTRs in EMEA underlines the strength of paid search for marketers in the region. It's down to the fact that marketers are getting more sophisticated in their use of the paid search advertising, tailoring their messaging to engage and captivate consumers," said Rob Coyne, Managing Director, EMEA, for Kenshoo.
EMEA Paid Search Performance Metrics
Cost per click
At a country level, the data shows that Germany is currently an enviable location for paid search marketers, with cost-per-click (CPC) rates now among the lowest in the region at €0.28 and a higher CTR, 2.8%, than either France or the U.K. Finland was found to have the highest CPCs at €0.84.
Country CPCs and CTRs
Click through rate
In the U.K., paid search CPC for mobile phones has steadily risen to the point where it is now the same as tablet devices €0.34. This indicates the increased competition for mobile phone clicks and the greater value that marketers place on reaching consumers on the move. In total, mobile devices (phone and tablet) now account for 31% of U.K. paid search spend and 31% of clicks.
Data points reflect more than 45 billion search ad impressions on search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, and Yahoo Japan across a sample of advertisers and agencies using Kenshoo in the EMEA region for the past 5 quarters.
Kenshoo is a global software company that engineers cloud-based digital marketing solutions and predictive media optimisation technology. Brands, agencies and developers use Kenshoo Search, Kenshoo Social, Kenshoo Local, Kenshoo SmartPath, and Kenshoo Halogen to direct more than £120 billion in annualised online client sales revenue through the platform. Kenshoo is the only Facebook strategic Preferred Marketing Developer with native API solutions for ads across Facebook, FBX, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Yahoo Japan, Bing, Baidu and CityGrid. Kenshoo powers campaigns in more than 190 countries for nearly half of the Fortune 50 and all 10 top global ad agency networks. Kenshoo clients include Accor, Burberry, GroupM, Havas Media, John Lewis, and Tesco. Kenshoo has 22 international locations and is backed by Sequoia Capital, Arts Alliance, Tenaya Capital, and Bain Capital Ventures. Please visit www.Kenshoo.com for more information.
Kenshoo brand and product names are trademarks of Kenshoo Ltd. Other company and brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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The financial services market is one of the most data-driven industries in the world, yet it’s bogged down by legacy CPU technologies that simply can’t keep up with the task of querying and visualizing billions of records. In his session at 20th Cloud Expo, Jared Parker, Director of Financial Services at Kinetica, will discuss how the advent of advanced in-database analytics on the GPU makes it possible to run sophisticated data science workloads on the same database that is housing the rich inf...
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It is one thing to build single industrial IoT applications, but what will it take to build the Smart Cities and truly society changing applications of the future? The technology won’t be the problem, it will be the number of parties that need to work together and be aligned in their motivation to succeed. In his Day 2 Keynote at @ThingsExpo, Henrik Kenani Dahlgren, Portfolio Marketing Manager at Ericsson, discussed how to plan to cooperate, partner, and form lasting all-star teams to change the...
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In his keynote at @ThingsExpo, Chris Matthieu, Director of IoT Engineering at Citrix and co-founder and CTO of Octoblu, focused on building an IoT platform and company. He provided a behind-the-scenes look at Octoblu’s platform, business, and pivots along the way (including the Citrix acquisition of Octoblu).
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Peloton plans to spend about $400 million to build its first U.S. factory in Ohio.
The exercise equipment maker said Monday that the Peloton Output Park will make the Peloton Bike, Bike+ and Peloton Tread starting in 2023.
It will have more than 200 acres and more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing, office and amenities space. The site will eventually employ more than 2,000 workers.
The exercise equipment maker has been working to keep up with soaring demand during the pandemic.


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Fu Shuangjian, a deputy director of SAIC, said the following at a news conference in Beijing:
"According to the ... provisions of the China Trademark Law, currently Shenzhen Proview is the legal registrant of the iPad trademark. This case has a huge impact and the final court ruling would directly influence who owns the iPad trademark. The commerce department will (take the matter) very seriously,"
It's a possible signal of how Chinese courts will rule in the matter.
The Proview vs. Apple dust-up has been in progress for a long time. Apple says that it acquired the iPad trademark in various countries, including China, when in 2009 it bought the rights from Taiwan's Proview International for 35,000 British pounds (or $55,000).
Proview Technology, however, disagrees, claiming that although Apple bought the rights to the iPad name from subsidiary Proview International, it still owns the trademark in China.
Meanwhile, Proview's lawyers are still negotiating with Apple's lawyers over a possible out-of-court settlement, but no agreement has been reached.


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Investors cheered J.C. Penney on better than expected results. The retailer posted a loss, but it was narrower than expected, revenue also beat forecasts, as did its increase in same-store sales. That added up to a good day in the market for JCP. Shares rose 5.5 percent to $8.52.
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Warren Buffett eliminated his stakes in National Oilwell Varco and Phillips 66, according to a filing. The move signals Buffett could have another large investment in the works. Shares of National Oilwell Varco fell a fraction to $39.55. Phillips 66 was also down slightly to $82.30.
Lumber Liquidators rose after Tiger Management disclosed in a filing that it is taking a new stake in the flooring maker. The firm’s nearly 240,000 share position is welcome news for investors, following allegations that some of its flooring contains a known carcinogen. Shares were nearly eight percent higher to $14.02.
Nelson Peltz’s Trian Funds revealed it has taken a more than seven percent stake in the food services firm Sysco. The position, worth more than $1.5 billion, would make Trian the largest shareholder in the company, according to reports. Shares were 7.5 percent higher to $41.38.


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Lyft Launches Its Own Electric Scooters in Denver
The company is playing catchup to scooter-sharing startups.
Lyft has jumped on the electric scooter-sharing bandwagon. The ride-hailing company is now renting out scooters in Denver as it seeks to catch up with startups like Bird and Lime, and keep pace with rival Uber.
The company was awarded permits for both electric-bike and electric scooter-sharing services, but will only deploy scooters for the time being, reports The Verge. Denver's public works agency has granted permits to a handful of companies allowing them to deploy up to 350 scooters each. Lyft will place 100 of its e-scooters in Denver's "opportunity zones," areas designated as low income and underserved by public transportation.
Like most other scooter-sharing operations, Lyft's will be dockless. That means users don't have to pick up or drop off scooters at specific locations. It's more convenient for users, but has created headaches for cities faced with an influx of scooters littering streets. Lyft's scooters will only be available to rent from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. They cost $1.00 to unlock, and 15 cents for each minute of riding.
Lyft and rival Uber have been trying to gain a foothold in the two-wheeled transportation sector. Last month, the two companies were denied coveted scooter-sharing permits in San Francisco, which opted for startups Skip and Scoot instead. But Lyft and Uber were awarded permits in Santa Monica, California. They displaced startups Bird and Lime, which had been operating in the city for months.
The tension between Uber and Lyft and the various electric scooter and bike-sharing startups presents an interesting startup of an industry in transition. Bird and Lime have employed tactics similar to what Uber and Lyft did in their early days, asking for forgiveness from regulators, rather than permission. The startups have deployed e-scooters in cities, including Denver, without getting formal permission from city officials. Bird and Lime launched in Denver in May, but were forced to remove their scooters from the city's streets after officials threatened to seize them.
Bikes and electric scooters are also another forum for competition between Uber and Lyft. Uber owns the relatively small bike-sharing company Jump, but in July Lyft acquired Motivate, the largest bike-sharing company in the U.S. Uber has since teamed up with Lime on e-scooter rentals, and is reportedly developing its own electric scooter as well.


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Black Friday 2017 was a record breaker for Sony's console sales, as well as a strong defense for the state of consoles in today's gaming market.
In an interview with CNBC, Eric Lempel, vice president of marketing and head of PlayStation Network at Sony, says this year's Black Friday was the company's best to date, thanks in part to other offers which could be paired with console purchases. This year's deals included the PlayStation 4 Pro for $349.99 and the PS4 Slim model for $199.99, with a year-long subscription to PlayStation Plus for a discounted price of $39.99.
"We sold more consoles than we ever have in our 22-year history, and Plus is a natural addition to that purchase," Lempel says. "We're having a phenomenal year. As you've said, we've sold more consoles this year than ever before and the console business is doing great."


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The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, visited Edmonton this week to delve into the city’s blossoming startup scene.
Minister Clement paid a visit to Startup Edmonton’s downtown campus to highlight the the government’s support for business innovation and entrepreneurship and listen to founders about what they need to thrive in Canada.
“High-impact, fast-growing startup companies are crucial to job creation and Canada’s long-term prosperity,” noted Clement. “Organizations like Startup Edmonton are dynamic hubs for unleashing Canada’s entrepreneurial potential. Our Government is a strong supporter of the startup community. Investing in startups is an investment in our future.”
“Canadian entrepreneurs have amazing potential,” said Ken Bautista, CEO of Startup Edmonton. “Our role is to help them see not only the opportunities that are out there, but also show our support in actively seeing ideas become realities. Any help the Government of Canada can provide supporting accelerators and accessing talent through the Startup Visa Canada program helps pave the way for startups to grow big—from Canada.”
Clement says that the Economic Action Plan 2013 includes “a number of initiatives targeted at fostering innovative new businesses,” such as $60 million to help incubators and accelerators expand their services; $100 million through the Business Development Bank of Canada to invest in accelerator grads; $20 million to help startups access research and development services at universities; and $18 million to the Canadian Youth Business Foundation to help young entrepreneurs.
Startup Edmonton, which launched in 2009, is a combined campus, co-workspace and accelerator.


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Higher average ticket totals amount to a 10.7% increase in service sales
According to the results of our survey, demand for replacement tires increased in July. Indeed, from a volume standpoint the dealers reported they sold 1.2% more tires last month on a year-over-year basis, following a 1.2% increase in June and a 0.3% increase in May.
We are encouraged by the fact that demand trends seem to be accelerating throughout the summer after some slight weakness seen in February earlier this year. In light of the recent strength in demand trends, we continue to believe that the abundance of pent-up demand should lead to decent volume growth throughout the remainder of 2015, despite the fact that 2014 provides tough comparisons. In fact, demand has increased on a year-over-year basis for 16 of the last 17 months, according to the dealers surveyed.
Furthermore, most dealers stated that they anticipate trends to improve throughout the next three months of this year. Until next time, keep the tires rolling out the door.
A number of independent tire dealers were surveyed concerning current business trends. Except for tire prices and costs, the results of the July 2015 survey are compared with those of July 2014.
Sales trends should continue to improve
According to the survey results, 20% of passenger tire dealers believe business will improve over the next six months, while 80% believe it will stay about level. The outlook for truck tire demand was slightly better as 40% of the truck tire dealers we surveyed felt they with see business improving, while 60% believed it will stay about level.
Volume trends improved for replacement tires
According to dealer reports, consumer demand for replacement tires increased in July. The dealers in our survey reported they sold 1.2% more tires last month on a year-over-year basis, following a 1.2% increase in June and a 0.3% increase in May. We are encouraged by the fact that demand trends seem to be accelerating throughout the summer after some slight weakness seen in February As stated, we continue to believe the abundance of pent-up demand should lead to decent volume growth throughout the remainder of 2015.
Trends remained slightly negative in the truck category as the dealers who responded to the survey reported volumes decreased 1.0% after a 0.3% decrease in June and a 2.2% increase in May.
Lastly, the survey respondents indicated that volumes were also down a modest 1.8% in the retread business after remaining flat in June.
Dealers reported tire costs declined
The tire dealers who responded to the survey noted that manufacturer pricing on value and branded tires both declined on average in July. In fact, the respondents noted that manufacturer pricing on value tires decreased 2.0% during July, while the price of branded tires declined 1.3%. The convergence in prices is not surprising as raw material cost savings are clearly outweighing any pricing benefit from the implementation of tariffs of Chinese tires imported into the U.S. It is important, as always, to note that one month’s results, however, do not make a trend.
Inventories levels felt appropriate
Of the dealers who responded to the survey, 60% indicated they had the appropriate amount of inventory in stock for demand (vs. 67% in June), 20% indicated inventory levels were too high, and 20% indicated inventories were too low. The inventory levels among truck tire dealers were similar to passenger tire levels as 80% of those surveyed indicated they had the appropriate amount of inventory, while 20% of respondents noted inventory levels were too high, and no respondents indicated inventories were too low.
Service revenues rose in July
Dealers indicated automotive repair sales trends improved once again in July. Service sales, which accounted for 20% of the study participants’ total revenues, were up 10.7% on a year-over-year basis in July (up from an increase of 7.0% in June) as a higher average ticket and strong traffic trends benefited repair departments. ■
Nick Mitchell is senior vice president of research for Northcoast Research Holdings LLC based in Cleveland, Ohio. Mitchell covers a variety of subsectors of the automotive industry.
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Amazon made a big announcement yesterday about parental leave. This comes after the firestorm following the New York Times article on Amazon’s office culture (including how unfriendly it was to new parents).
In an email message forwarded to Jezebel, Amazon is now going to offer up to 20 weeks of parental leave for birth mothers, and six weeks for all other new parents. The policy includes a new “leave-share” program aimed to help Amazon employees share their leave time with partners who may not have a leave policy at their workplace. There’s also a “ramp-back” program, which is designed help new parents transition back to work.
Here are the details:
Expanding Maternity and Parental Leave
Amazon now offers up to 20 paid weeks of leave, the ability to share up to six weeks of paid leave with a spouse or partner, and a flexible return to work program. These benefits apply to all full-time hourly and salaried employees, including 100,000+ Fulfillment Center and Customer Service Associates.
Enhanced Leaves for Mothers and Fathers
Birth mothers can now take up to four weeks of paid prepartum medical leave followed by 10 weeks of paid maternity leave. Birth mothers and all other new parents who have been at Amazon for a year or more can also take a new six-week paid parental leave. RSUs will continue to vest during the new prepartum and maternity leaves. All together, these policies provide birth mothers who have been at Amazon more than one year with up to 20 weeks of leave.
Leave Share Program
One thing we hear from new mothers at Amazon is that they wish their spouse or partner could also take paid time off from work. That can be difficult because more than 80% of American companies don’t provide any paid parental leave. To help families address the financial challenge of taking unpaid time off, we’ve invented a new program called Leave Share, which allows you to share all or a portion of your six-week parental leave with a spouse or partner who doesn’t have paid leave through his or her employer.
Leave Share will work the same way for Amazon fathers and same-sex couples. Leave Share is a novel program and we hope it helps provide you and your family with additional flexibility during this special time.
Ramp Back Program
In addition, we’ve created the Ramp Back Program for birth mothers and primary caregivers. With this program, you can ease back to work with up to eight weeks of flexible time. You can use the program at your discretion in the way that works best for you–choosing from part-time options of 50% or 75%.
You also get to choose when you take your Parental Leave under this new plan–either in one continuous six-week period, or split into two periods within 12 months of birth or adoption.
The announcement comes a few months after CEO Jeff Bezos responded to the New York Times exposé about Amazon’s workplace culture, saying, “I strongly believe that anyone working in a company that really is like the one described in the New York Times would be crazy to stay. I know I would leave such a company.”
Yet while the company’s SVP of global corporate affairs took a swing at the New York Times coverage on Medium, claiming that the reporters didn’t fact check properly, a former Amazon employee named Julia Cheiffetz took to the same platform to write about her experience of giving birth and subsequently being diagnosed with cancer while working at the e-commerce giant.
She wrote about how Amazon had terminated her health insurance while she was on leave (then offered COBRA coverage) and placed her on a performance improvement plan when she returned after five months of leave. In company parlance, she says it was akin to being told your job was at risk of being terminated. Cheiffetz eventually quit.
Other stories emerged, including one of an hourly fulfillment center worker who collapsed during his shift and died after being taken to the hospital. A British trade union also stepped into the spotlight when it claimed that some of the 7,000-plus Amazon workers at its U.K. distribution centers were becoming mentally and physically ill from pressure to be an “above-average Amazon robot all the time.”
While this new extended paid leave policy will apply to fulfillment center workers as well as office employees, it should be noted that it won’t extend to Amazon’s hundreds of thousands of temporary and hourly workers.
It’s difficult to tell whether Amazon’s policy was motivated by the recent negative press or if the company is just trying to play catchup after a year full of announcements from other tech companies such as Netflix and Adobe offering extended paid leave benefits.
Other major tech companies including Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Pinterest, and Twitter have made announcements of generous paid leave policies, although many favor biological mothers over fathers and adoptive parents.
“One hopes that [Amazon’s policies] are about boosting morale,” Ellen Bravo, executive director of Family Values @ Work, tells Fast Company. The national network of 21 state and local coalitions aims to grow the movement for family-friendly work policies.
“All these policies are great,” says Bravo, especially the leave share, as it acknowledges that many partners need affordable leave but don’t get it. “You have to have a clear message from the top on paper,” she adds. But Bravo believes there’s something important missing from the announcement.
She says that in many workplaces that have competitive cultures like Amazon’s, managers will often tell employees what the leave policies are, then add something like, “Boy, will you be sorry if you use it.” We’ve seen this occur, especially with new fathers who struggle with managing increased responsibility at work with the desire to spend more time with their families. Working dads don’t often take time off when a child is born, even when they have paid leave, or if they do, it’s only for a week or two.
Bravo cites the New York Times article as well as Julia Cheiffetz’s experience with maternity leave as proof that putting a policy in place doesn’t guarantee that staff will be encouraged to use it. She says that while Amazon reported these cases as anomalies, a better way to expose the violation is to set up an independent, third-party hotline for employees to report managers who discourage them from taking leave or other benefits.
Bravo says what Amazon should have done–and could still do–is simple. After making the announcement, managers need to be trained to encourage and implement the policies. Then, make it clear that there will be a channel for people to use to give anonymous feedback to make sure it is working.
For those managers who don’t comply, Bravo says there should be measurable consequences. She recalls how the Coast Guard gives its supervisors 360-degree evaluations that include feedback from their direct reports. Answering questions such as, “Does your manager contribute to your work-life balance?” in a negative way had repercussions. “They were demoted,” Bravo observes.
Setting up an evaluation process for managers at Amazon or other organizations and asking if they are contributing to or interfering with an employee’s ability to manage work and family should be a natural extension of parental leave policies. Those who don’t will be dealt with, “in all the ways that matter: pay and promotion,” she says. “Sending that message is a powerful one.”
Likewise, she says, those who do complain should have their grievances investigated and resolved, and the company should publish a regular report to keep staff informed of its actions. The message a strategy like that sends, Bravo says, is, “We care about your rights and we’ll report on it.”
Transparency is a paradigm that’s not always easy to implement in a large organization, Bravo admits. Alternately she says, “We are urging companies who are trying to raise access for their employees for affordable leave to speak out for a national social insurance fund, because that’s the only way we are going to solve this problem.”
The U.S. still lags behind other countries when it comes to paid parental leave. A 2014 report by the International Labour Organization revealed that among the 185 countries reviewed, only the United States and Papua New Guinea did not have public policies for paid maternity leave. The report also found that 78 of those countries also mandated paternity leave, with 70 of those providing paid leave to new fathers.
Currently in the U.S., the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 offers eligible workers at companies of more than 50 employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid family leave per year, which includes taking care of a child after birth or adoption as well as for illness. To continue earning money, they are able to use any paid vacation or sick time accrued at the job and keep their health benefits. Their job is supposed to be held for their return.
This policy has been supplemented in states such as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, California, Connecticut, and New Jersey, which now offer paid family and medical leave. In September, the U.S. Department of Labor launched a campaign called #LeadOnLeave to drum up more widespread support for paid parental leave. But for now, it looks like private companies, particularly in the competitive tech landscape, are a new parent’s best chance to find paid time off.


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Selfies, pictures of food, dog, cat and pretty much whatever happen in your life, along with a tag line, with 6 seconds viability is what Snapchat has been known for. While it is now one of the most popular apps across all platforms, the company has had trouble with keeping pirates away from the customers’ confidential information. With the newest effort to solve the problem, Snapchat is deciding to temporarily shut down the APIs that are being used by hundreds of third-party apps.
In the most recent email the company has sent out to its third-party users, Snapchat announces to its third-party users that it will be shutting down all of these third-party accounts, unless you immediately change your password and stop using these third party apps.
If you do not stop using third-party applications, your account may be permanently locked”
While this does not seem like a mayor inconvenience for those who are using iOS or Android, their customers on Windows Phone, Symbian or even BlackBerry 10 relies heavily on these third-party apps. To calm the developer community down, Snapchat assured that they will develop a public API, but no ETA is officially announced yet.
As of right now, I have not heard any official plans from famous third-party developers like Rudy Huyn for Windows Phone about their plans for the future of their application.
Are you using the official Snapchat app or other third-party option? How will these new policies will be affecting you? Tell me down below.
Source: Snapchat Blog
Via: Windows Central


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Chemicals in Cosmetics Linked to Lung Damage in Children, New Study Finds
Children exposed to chemicals commonly found in personal care products may be at a higher risk of suffering from lung damage later in life, according to a new European study.
The longitudinal study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal, conducted by a team of European scientists, found that babies exposed in utero and shortly after birth to three classes of chemicals—phthalates, parabens and the fluorinated compounds known as PFAS—had diminished lung function at six and 12 years of age.
The team used data from more than 1,000 pairs of mothers and children in France, Greece, Lithuania, Norway, Spain and the U.K. It's believed to be the first study to look at the effect on children's lung function of exposure to chemicals before or after birth.
Although the chemicals cited in the study have multiple uses, all three classes are found in cosmetics and other personal care products.
"This study provides even more evidence that it's time to finally regulate the chemicals in cosmetics," said the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Scott Faber. "As if increasing the risk of cancer and infertility were not enough for Congress to act, now we can add lung damage in kids to the list of harms caused by these everyday products."
Parabens are chemical preservatives widely used in cosmetics and have been linked to other health problems, including breast cancer. Parabens were found in one-fifth of the products in EWG's Skin Deep® cosmetics database, which analyzes ingredients in more than 70,000 products.
PFAS chemicals have been linked to serious health effects, including cancer, thyroid disease and liver problems. EWG researchers recently scoured the Skin Deep database and found PFAS chemicals in 66 different products from 15 brands.
Phthalates are industrial compounds used in fragrance mixtures and in body care products. They're potent hormone disruptors that can alter the reproductive development of male infants and are associated with sperm damage in adult men.
It's been more than 80 years since Congress last voted on cosmetics law, a delay that means companies are still allowed to add chemicals linked to cancer and other health harms to personal care products. Many cosmetics companies large and small, and public health organizations, agree that the badly outdated cosmetics law must be updated to give the Food and Drug Administration the power to review worrisome ingredients and the tools necessary to oversee the personal care products industry.
Legislation introduced in the last Congress by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), and by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the power to review controversial chemicals.
"We've never been closer to ensuring that cosmetics and other personal care products are safe," Faber said.
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The Centers for Disease Control has emphasized that washing hands with soap and water is one of the most effective measures we can take in preventing the spread of COVID-19. However, millions of Americans in some of the most vulnerable communities face the prospect of having their water shut off during the lockdowns, according to The Guardian.
Aerial photos of the Sierra Nevada — the long mountain range stretching down the spine of California — showed rust-colored swathes following the state's record-breaking five-year drought that ended in 2016. The 100 million dead trees were one of the most visible examples of the ecological toll the drought had wrought.
Now, a few years later, we're starting to learn about how smaller, less noticeable species were affected.
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Disinfectants and cleaners claiming to sanitize against the novel coronavirus have started to flood the market, raising concerns for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which threatened legal recourse against retailers selling unregistered products, according to The New York Times.
The global coronavirus pandemic has thrown our daily routine into disarray. Billions are housebound, social contact is off-limits and an invisible virus makes up look at the outside world with suspicion. No surprise, then, that sustainability and the climate movement aren't exactly a priority for many these days.
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Livestock farming contributes to global warming, so eating less meat can be better for the climate.


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National events along with new hotel and flight offerings will make the South an attractive destination this year, according to online travel company Orbitz Worldwide, which recently released its predictions for the top travel hotspots of 2013.
Along with New Zealand — which it predicts will be popular among Americans in search of scenery from Peter Jackson's new "Hobbit" film trilogy — Orbitz forecasts that New Orleans and Charleston, S.C., will be teeming with travelers in the months ahead.
New Orleans will be big this year, Orbitz predicts, because it will host Super Bowl XLVII and the NCAA Women's Final Four, not to mention its usual lineup of food, music and lifestyle festivals. Additionally, it will benefit from expanded flight and hotel options, as well as a $90 million road improvement project.
"We expect 2013 to be a banner year for travel in New Orleans thanks to a diverse lineup of events, new hotels like the Hotel Indigo in the Garden District and major airlines adding nonstop service," said Jerrold Broussard, New Orleans destination expert and regional director for Orbitz Worldwide.
Like New Orleans, Charleston will benefit this year from several high-profile events, as well as the addition of new flight options — namely JetBlue, which is adding direct flights from New York and Boston in late February.
"The city is known for its rich history, well-preserved architecture, a thriving restaurant community and southern hospitality," said Robyn Rice, Charleston destination expert and regional director for Orbitz Worldwide. "In October 2012, the Charleston area was named both Top U.S. City and Top Destination in the World by Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards. From the Pro Am golf tournament in March, to the state's first multi-port billfishing tournament in June, there are also activities for all outdoor enthusiasts throughout the year."
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Today's Best Tech Deals
Amazon is selling Logitech's all-in-one keyboard and touchpad at a steep discount today.
You can snag the Razer Viper 8K Wired for just $60 on Amazon right now, a $20 savings.
The Govee Lyra smart lamp has a huge array of color options.
Amazon is selling the M1 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD for $150 off the MSRP.
Ring has a steal of deal with its new budget video doorbell and an Echo Show 5 for well under $100.
Target is offering two fourth-generation Echo Dot smart speakers for $50.
Amazon has a one-day sale on three solid Eufy Security items, including a four-camera kit and a camera-charging solar panel.
Amazon is selling the Panasonic SoundSlayer Gaming Soundbar for $147, down from the usual $249.
Amazon is selling the Netgear Orbi Pro AX1800 two-pack for $200 down from $300.
Add some smart color to your lighting with this deal on TP-Link Kasa multicolor bulbs.


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Video-game retailer GameStop (GME) on Thursday disappointed investors with fiscal fourth-quarter sales and earnings that came in below Wall Street's targets. GameStop also came up short with its 2014 earnings guidance.
Plus, the company said it expects to close about 2% of its stores this year.
GameStop stock was down 7.5%, near 36, in morning trading on the stock market today.
GameStop earned $1.90 a share on sales of $3.68 billion for the quarter ended Feb. 1. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected $1.92 and $3.79 billion. EPS fell 12% from the year-earlier quarter, while sales rose 3.4%.
For the current quarter, the Grapevine, Texas-based company expects to earn 55 cents to 60 cents a share, topping analyst expectations for 53 cents. GameStop is looking for sales to rise 7% to 10%, while analysts were forecasting an increase of 9.3%.
GameStop's planned 2% reduction in store count in 2014 likely played a role in its sales guidance miss. The company operates more than 6,600 stores in 15 countries.
GameStop executives announced progress in the company's diversification efforts. Its emerging digital and mobile businesses, which did not exist three years ago, surpassed $1 billion in revenue last year, CEO Paul Raines said in a press release.
GameStop also completed its acquisitions of Apple (AAPL) products reseller Simply Mac, which operates 23 stores, and Spring Mobile, which operates 164 stores reselling AT&T (T) wireless products and services. GameStop also owns Aio Wireless, which sells AT&T products and services in 31 stores.
For fiscal year 2014, it expects earnings per share of $3.40 to $3.70, vs. analyst expectations of $3.77. It sees total sales rising 8% to 14%, while analysts were targeting a 9% increase.
GameStop CFO Robert Lloyd says new consoles usually mean a pause in software sales, which gradually rise along with the installed base of users.
"This is the first time we've launched consoles in the midst of what is still a recovering economy and so the cost of the consoles themselves impact the consumer's ability to go out and also buy all the software that they may want to play on their new system," Lloyd told IBD. "At the beginning of every console cycle you do have a period where the money goes into the hardware and the software (sales) takes a little while to ramp up. At the same time, you get a downturn in the previous console cycle software."
Software sales for the older generation consoles, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PS3, have trailed off faster than GameStop and the market expected, Lloyd said.
GameStop said it is pleased with the sales of new consoles so far, but the retailer is still supply constrained for Sony's PS4.


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Quercus Technologies Education Session at IPI Nashville
Quercus presented yesterday at IPI Nashville the benefits of license plate recognition in the booming context of smart parking and smart cities. Emphasising Quercus expertise and advances in license plate recognition technology.
Quercus Technologies Marketing Manager gives a lecture to MKT students
Technologies attended the 3rd edition of the Trade and Marketing Conference, which took place in Baix Camp High School. Vanessa Amat, Marketing Director at Quercus Technologies gives a lecture.
Our Sales team presented a successful showcase at APNE 2019
Carlos Diana, Global Sales Director, and Víctor Roig, Business Development Manager, are showing Quercus Technologies parking solutions to different real cases through the company’s experience and the quality of its products at APNE 2019.
Quercus Technologies at APNE 2019
Quercus Technologies will be attending this year's edition of Parking Network’s event. APNE 2019 is taking place at London Heathrow from 17th to 19th November.
Quercus Technologies is committed to the leadership training of its employees
The objective has been analyzing the qualities and skills of the participants, promoting collaborative work and internal cohesion. The attendees have been able to define and set goals for themselves at work.
Quercus Technologies sponsors the 8th Brazilian Congress of Stations and Mobility of Abrapark
The conferences will deal with such interesting topics as Brazilian smart cities, the future of mobility in the current era, the direction our cities are taking in relation to the market, the administration and society in the production of urban space.
The Quercus Technologies commercial team participates in the annual edition of the NPA, in Florida
Around 2,000 professionals from the international parking industry attend this event every year. Quercus Technologies will show its products and global parking guidance solution at booth 129 of the fair.
Quercus Technologies’ team at CPA 2019
The most important exhibition in Canada, which is organized by Canadian Parking Association, is taking place from October 6th to 8th. Our sales team in North America is attending the event one more year, in order to show the global parking solutions.
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Just in the United States, the cosmetics industry pulls in some $70 billion a year in sales of what’s commonly called “makeup.” But lipstick, mascara, eye shadow, and the like aren’t the only kind of makeup the cosmetic giants are peddling.
For years, their lobbyists, lawyers, and PR agents have been making up facts, stories, half-truths, and whole lies to keep lawmakers and regulators from banning various cancer-causing, hormone-disrupting ingredients that their products contain.
One especially nasty example of this is the continuing campaign by L’Oreal, Revlon, and the industry’s Personal Care Products Council to keep putting formaldehyde in everything from baby wipes to hair straighteners.
Back in 1981, the National Toxicology Program, an interagency scientific panel, first listed this noxious chemical as a likely human carcinogen. Cosmetic makers erupted with a volcano of outrage, and the program’s findings were buried.
But the toxicologists, pushed by consumer and environmental groups, kept doing even-deeper research, and in 2011, the Health and Human Services Department declared that formaldehyde is “known to be a human carcinogen.”
That should have been that. But corporate lobbyists got their congressional puppets to assail the researchers for supposedly flawed methods and for interfering in private business. However, the prestigious National Academy of Science reviewed that research and now unequivocally endorses those findings. The Academy even determined that new research shows that formaldehyde may cause a much wider array of cancers than previously known.
So, after 33 years of efforts to make cosmetics safer, the health of babies finally wins one over makeup profiteers, right?
Not quite yet. Incredibly, the products of Revlon and L’Oreal still contain cancer-causing formaldehyde, and both of those greedheaded giants continue to balk at necessary reforms. To keep up and join the fight, visit the Environmental Working Group’s website at www.ewg.org.


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DJ Khaled’s shoe closet available for rent on Airbnb – FOX13 News Memphis
MIAMI — Grammy-nominated DJ Khaled has teamed up with Airbnb to offer his fans the opportunity to spend a night surrounded by his famous sneaker closet.
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DJ Khaled has partnered with Airbnb to offer two one night stays on December 5 and 6 for two people only. Guests will be charged $11 a night, in a nod to DJ Khaled’s shoe size. Guests will also receive an exclusive pair of We The Best Air Jordan 5s, a handwritten welcome note from DJ Khaled, and a private shopping session at a Miami sneaker store.
“Sneakers are an essential part of hip hop culture and collecting them is an art, just like creating music,” DJ Khaled said in a statement. “We bring the same passion and energy to the shoe game as we do to the studio. That’s why we’re thrilled to share our sneaker kingdom with fans and give them a chance to walk in our shoes, literally.
Guests who reserve the closet will sleep in the windowless bedroom, surrounded by more than 10,000 pairs of sneakers, The Miami Herald reported. You will also have access to the rest of the house, which includes an outdoor living room and a swimming pool.
The booking of stays opens at 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 29. Guests are responsible for their own travel to and from Miami.
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It was almost a year ago when we checked out Revolve Robotics' KUBI, a motorized tablet cradle that lets you remotely pan and tilt your device -- via an iOS app (Android version coming soon) or web portal -- during video calls. After missing its summer launch window, this US-made telepresence robot is finally shipping to its Indiegogo backers starting this week. Those who want in now can also order one through the company's website, albeit at much higher price points: the KUBI Hacker Edition for developers costs $399, whereas the prettier but otherwise identical KUBI Classic (pictured above) is asking for a steep $499 -- almost twice as much as the original intended price due to a change in tooling, for the sake of speeding up production.
If you're really desperate for a Bluetooth LE robot arm for your tablet, order soon -- delivery is expected within three to four weeks. For now, you can get a glimpse of the first few KUBIs off the production line in the short clip after the break.


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India OGL sugar exports decision faces further delay
22.02.2011 12:51 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
A decision by India on
whether to allow 500,000 tonnes of unrestricted sugar
exports could take another three weeks as the government
has decided to broaden consultations to key ministries,
government sources said.
International markets have been waiting for news on the
Open General Licence (OGL) exports, as prices hit 30-year
highs after supplies have been hit by freak weather conditions
in producers like Australia.
India, the worlds biggest sugar producer behind Brazil,
has flip-flopped on the OGL sales in December, a minister
said mills could export the permitted quantity under
But spiralling domestic food inflation put pressure on the
government, which referred the issue to a panel of ministers.
There had been hopes easing food inflation in the past
couple of weeks would prompt a decision on the OGL exports


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Uber will launch a nationwide survey of all active Uber drivers who use its app in the country after a groundbreaking UK Supreme Court ruling declared that Uber drivers are ‘workers’ entitled to labour protection like holiday pay.
Uber said in a statement in reaction to the ruling against the firm, that the court’s verdict had not focused on the other UK drivers on the app, apart from the small group who had used the app in 2016 and had gone to court, nor on Uber Eats couriers. It also said that the definition of worker in the UK was different to an employee and that most drivers had indicated that they wanted to remain independent.
“After this small group of drivers went to an employment tribunal, the case wound its way through the courts over the last few years, ultimately ending up before the UK Supreme Court,” Uber said.
Uber drivers are workers not employees
“Worker is a UK specific legal classification and a worker is not an employee. Employee status was not claimed in the litigation and so this ruling does not find the claimants to be employees,” Uber said.
Uber said it had made “significant changes” to its business in recent years and that it had been guided by drivers “every step of the way”.
“Many of the examples called out in the judgement are no longer relevant. For example, drivers now have full transparency over the price and destination of their trip, and since 2017 there has been no repercussion for rejecting multiple consecutive trips,” Uber said.
“Drivers told us that they wanted protections such as free insurance to cover sickness or injury, but not at the cost of flexibility. They want to remain independent, accessing flexible earnings opportunities when they want it, and protection and benefits when they need it. Nearly 90% say that this flexibility is the most important reason they use the Uber app to earn. Self-employment is nothing new to the taxi and private hire industry,” Uber said.
Uber interviewed a driver who shared his views.
What drivers value about the firm
In 2019/20, 83% of all taxi and private hire drivers in England were self-employed, the firm said, and one in four worked part time, a number which has remained broadly stable over the last 10 years.
“At a time when we need more jobs, not fewer, we believe Uber and other platforms can be a bridge to a sustainable economic recovery. We’ve made a lot of progress in recent years, but we know there is more to do. We will now launch a nationwide consultation to seek the views of all active drivers who use our app in the UK. We want to understand what drivers value about Uber and, crucially, where things could improve,” Uber said.
The firm said it would share the outcome of the process in the coming weeks.


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NEW YORK — Morgan Stanley, the investment bank for millionaires, big business and megamergers, is buying E-Trade Financial, the online brokerage that encouraged waves of regular investors to get into the market with ads featuring its talking spokesbaby.
The roughly $13 billion, all-stock deal would be one of the biggest deals on Wall Street since the financial crisis more than a decade ago, and it would mark the latest chapter in Morgan Stanley’s transformation from a scrappy, deal-doing, stock-trading investment bank to a more well-rounded financial firm more reliant on its asset and wealth management businesses.
E-Trade will bring with it 5.2 million client accounts, $360 billion in retail client assets and a pool of customers who may become wealthier and use more of Morgan Stanley’s full-service offerings. Morgan Stanley has 3 million client relationships and $2.7 trillion in client assets.
The deal also gives E-Trade some shelter during a time of massive disruption in the retail brokerage industry. Its rivals Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade are in the midst of their own merger, and the industry is still absorbing the latest blows from its price war. Brokerages have made it free to trade U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds online, slashing their commissions to zero in hopes of attracting and keeping customers.
Brokerages still make money from account fees and interest earned on customers’ cash, but the price war has pummeled revenues.
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Category Archives: Tech
The Xiaomi M2 is still in high demand in China, with supply problems and disappointed fans left in the phones wake, however does the appearance of the M2 at CES hint at the company’s international ambitions? There have been rumours that Beijing based Xiaomi are looking to enter markets outside of China, with the most […]
We’re already seen one 5.5-inch 1080p phone on show at CES, the Intel equipped Lenovo K900, but it won’t be the only phone with this awesome screen for much longer!
Now that Samsung and Apple have parted ways, the Korean electronics giant is looking to Chinese phone makers to bring their factories up to capacity again. Since the iPhone launched, Samsung have been an integral partner with Apple producing components for the iOS phone and subsequently the iPad and iPod. But the partnership is no […]
The Archos GamePad has been in the works for almost half a year now, but if you happen to be at CES this week you get a peek at the much anticipated Android portable gaming device.
Chinese white goods and TV maker Hisense are taking a few lessons from their phone making rivals and have released the companies first quad-core phone, the Hisense U958, but don’t get too excited as it’s a bit of a sheep in wolves clothing! The feature which is really going to draw buyers in to the […]
If you have ever used a Chinese tablet then the chances are it uses one of Rockchips processor’s. We tested the Pipo M1 last year with a quad-core Rockchips CPU and it was great! And for 2013 the Chinese chip maker has the new RK3188 ready for launch.
Still no sign of new Samsung phones at CES, but they are announcing (and showing off) plenty of great mobile technology such as the Youm Flexible OLED display.
Although Samsung’s Galaxy S4 or Note 3 have been spotted at CES (yet) we can have a good guess that those next gen handsets are going to be rocking Samsung’s new 8-core Exynos 5 Octa processor.
The mobile phone industry is a fast moving beast, but even we get surprised by the speed new technology gets introduced but today’s comments by Huawei Device chairman Richard Yu might haven been a little premature. After successfully launching the largest Android phone on the planet (but not for long) along with the flagship Ascend […]
MIUI have managed to reach another impressive milestone this week. The company now have 10 million MIUI users and to celebrate have created the charitable MIUILove Campaign.
There are literally hundreds of great Android phones on the market today, and with more launching daily it can become difficult when trying to choose one. Today, I’m going to take a look at 3 popular models to help find the best for your needs.
This year at CES 2013, Alcatel had numerous tablets to show-off that were mostly 7″ but if you want to get a bigger screen but with almost the same specs as the 7″ tablets well Alcatel also unveiled an 8″ tablet called the Alcatel One Touch Tab 8 HD. The Alcatel One Touch Tab 8 […]
Do you remember last week when we broke the news that Lenovo would be unveiling an intel powered Android phone to compete with the Galaxy Note 2? Well it turns out we are right as the Lenovo K900 has just been unveiled!
Beidou recently teamed up with ZTE to launch the U950, a 999 Yuan quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 phone bearing the Little Pepper brand name, but like all Little Pepper phones the trail and turned cold only to appear again with more interesting details! Beidou originally launched the world’s cheapest dual-core phone, the Little Pepper dual-core, […]
Acer made the bold move yesterday to launch the Iconia B1 yesterday, a low-cost 7-inch tablet to rival Asus and Google’s Nexus 7. From the comments of Acer and their reps yesterday we knew the Iconia B1 would be headed to various markets in the coming months, and at an affordable price point, but we […]
In the old days (i.e. as recently as 2009), in most markets mobile carriers belligerently locked their phones so you couldn’t use the devices you paid for on any network but their own. Over time, government stepped in and some jurisdictions asked (for example, Hong Kong) and many jurisdictions forced (i.e. America) carriers to unlock their phones either. In […]
We’ve been hearing reports that Lenovo were testing quad-core Mt6589 phones and now we have more proof thanks to these hands on photos showing the upcoming Lenovo A280T! From the specs of the Levnovo A280T we can see the phone is a smaller 4.5-inch phone (which believe it or not phone makers there is still […]
The CES launch of the 6.1-inch Huawei Ascend Mate also marked the time I thought to myself “phones can’t get any bigger”, but just hours later I’m forced to eat my words as ZTE are planning a 6.3-inch Nubia Z7! ZTE started 2013 with the launch of a new flagship brand and exciting new quad-core, […]
ZTE aren’t only launching a horde of great large screen phablets in China and at CES this week, but they are also giving older models a bit of a HD makeover! ZTE have had the U930, a 4.5-inch Android phone, on sale in China for sometime now but it was starting to look a bit […]
The Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core chipset has been around for a while now, and as prices have dropped it has enabled users to get quad-core power at affordable prices. However, Gaoxinqi have gone a step further and produced a low-cost high performing 5.7-inch phone with the chip! The Gaoxinqi F1 is look a lot like […]


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Minutes ago Apple announced that first thing tomorrow it will "host a conference call to announce the outcome of the Company’s discussions concerning its cash balance. Apple® will not be providing an update on the current quarter nor will any topics be discussed other than cash." As a reminder, Apple has just about 100 billion in cash. Everyone expects a dividend. So what happens when everyone finally gets what they have been expecting for so long? Will it mean the end of the growth phase and the advent of the "MSFT" anti-growth curve? Also, which bank will claim the commission for advising Apple on how to spend a cash amount that while nearly a third of Greek GDP, is less than half of the US February budget deficit (in other words, Apple could fund just 12 days of the US spending burn rate in February)? Finally, was the pre-election administration at all involved in the making of this decision - remember the company was expected to announce a cash-related decision a month ago, and nothing happened. Why now? All shall be revealed tomorrow at 9 am.
From the press release:
WHAT: Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, and Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, will host a conference call to announce the outcome of the Company’s discussions concerning its cash balance. Apple® will not be providing an update on the current quarter nor will any topics be discussed other than cash.
WHERE: Via conference call. The dial-in number for press is (877) 616-0063 (toll-free) or (719) 219-0041. Please enter confirmation code 592016.
WHEN: Monday, March 19, 2012 at 6:00 a.m. PDT/9:00 a.m. EDT
REBROADCAST: The conference call will be available as a continuous rebroadcast beginning Monday, March 19 at 9:00 a.m. PDT/12:00 p.m. EDT through Monday, April 2 at 9:00 a.m. PDT/12:00 p.m. EDT. The dial-in number for the rebroadcast is (888) 203-1112 (toll-free) or (719) 457-0820. Please enter confirmation code 6274937.
WEBCAST: Apple will provide live audio streaming of its conference call using Apple’s industry-leading QuickTime® multimedia software. The live webcast will begin at 6:00 a.m. PDT on March 19, 2012 at www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/call31912 and will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter. The webcast is available on any iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch® or any Mac® or PC running QuickTime 6 or later. If you do not have QuickTime installed on your Windows PC, it is available at www.apple.com/quicktime.
This recording is the property of Apple and protected by U.S. copyright law and international treaties. Any reproduction or distribution is strictly prohibited without prior written approval from Apple. Please contact Apple Public Relations or Investor Relations with any questions.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.


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SWIFT Unveils New Instant Payments Solution for Europe
- 14.06.2017 11:15 am
SWIFT today announces the launch of an instant payments messaging solution for the European market. It will allow instant payments to be made over the SWIFT network, and provide customers with a single gateway to connect seamlessly to multiple instant payments systems. The instant payments solution will be available by November 2018. Once delivered for Europe, the same solution could support instant payments initiatives elsewhere.
This solution is the latest development in SWIFT's global instant payments strategy, and builds on SWIFT’s earlier success in Australia. In 2015, SWIFT was awarded the contract to deliver the messaging infrastructure to underpin Australia’s new payments platform, AU NPP, which is expected to go live later this year.
Christian Sarafidis, Chief Marketing Officer, SWIFT, commented: “Our instant payments strategy has delivered early successes in Australia and I am confident it will bring significant benefit to our customers globally. Initially, the instant payments gateway will provide access to multiple instant payments operators across Europe, and then the plan is to further expand into other markets.”
The instant payments gateway can be used stand-alone, but it can also be integrated with SWIFT’s Alliance Messaging Hub (AMH), which enables the processing of financial message flows and integration with back office systems. It will be fully compliant with industry standards and specifications.
“Our instant payments gateway is designed to meet the challenges our customers face and forms the cornerstone of our future footprint, in particular enabling access to the forthcoming combined T2/TIPS/T2S platform ,” concludes Sarafidis.


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Realme Narzo 50 5G, Realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G will launch tomorrow at 12:30 PM
Realme Narzo 50 5G, Realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G Launch: Realme India is preparing to launch its new Narzo series of smartphones in India – Realme Narzo 50 5G and Realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G during a virtual event tomorrow at 12:30 PM. According to the brand, the event will also be streamed live on Realme’s social media platforms, YouTube and Facebook.
The Realme Narzo 50 5G is expected to be available at Rs 14,000 and the Narzo 50 Pro 5G is around Rs. 22,000 Both the smartphones will come in black and blue color options.
Realme Narzo 50 5G, Realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G launch event can be streamed live online on Realme India’s official YouTube channel. It will also be seen on Realme India’s official social media handles. Interested visitors can also watch the event live on the Zee Business website as we have embedded the live link below.
The Realme Narzo 50 5G series features two feature smartphones: the Realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G, the most powerful 5G gaming mid-ranger, and the Realme Narzo 50, the smooth 5G gaming ninja smartphone. Powered by Dimension 920 5G processors, the fastest in its segment; The Pro 5G will have an industry-leading vapor chamber cooling system, AMOLED display, huge battery and an ultra-slim body, “the company said in a statement.
The Realme Narzo 50 5G may come with a 6.6-inch full-HD + display. It will have a dual-camera system on the back and a 48MP main lens and a 2MP secondary unit. On the front, it will have an 8MP camera for selfies and video calls.
On the other hand, the Realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G will come with a 6.4-inch full-HD + screen. The vanilla version will have a triple camera system instead of a dual setup. In terms of camera specifications, there is a 48MP main lens, an 8MP secondary lens (probably ultra-wide).
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
I just received a copy of this new book by Photo District News Editor Jacqueline Tobin. It features 20 top wedding photographers and is equally insightful for brides and photographers. It can be pre-ordered on Amazon and will be released March 17. Photographers Liz Banfield, Philippe Cheng, Elizabeth Messina and Meg Smith number amongst my favorites and are all included.


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How the IoT is changing industry
The Internet of Things (IoT), smart services, and platform economics are the topics of a handbook written by authors from business and science. The Trend Report is publishing the work under the public domain Creative Commons license.13 Dec 2018 David Schahinian
The IoT handbook principally addresses entrepreneurs, presenting business models and their effects on industry and society as well as innovative developments and their application potential. For example, Dr. Welf Wawers from the University of Bonn-Rhein-Sieg writes that 3D printing could make the production of some consumer goods profitable once again in high-wage countries. In his article, Industry 4.0 expert Johann Hofmann explains why digital assistance systems have become indispensable for production.
In his computerwoche.de article, Jan Rodig, CEO of the IoT experts at Tresmo from Augsburg, sums up what requires special attention when it comes to IoT projects. Companies should focus on customer needs and choose their IoT platform with care. In doing so, companies should not only look at the costs, but also design the IT architecture to protect competition-related aspects. Rodig also suggests "taking cybersecurity seriously". Last but not least, according to the expert, new ideas require courage. Investment decisions determined by business cases rarely lead to groundbreaking new business models.
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